Hacienda Victoria

Within the most recent investors that had their eye on the agriculture in the Chongón area, we can find Charlie Garcia, a successful businessman dedicated to trade, who with Francisco Aray Roca with the coastal camp encouraged him to dream of one day dedicating himself to the cultivation of land. And just on his first visit to this sector where an interesting property sale was being offered, to give wings to his dream, with a vision of provoking a radical transformation for the agriculture of cocoa.

In November of 2009, he decided to buy the first property of 497.62 acres, which he named Victoria (his wife's name). Immediately, conscious of his lack of experience in the cultivation of cocoa, he resorted to the advice of foreign and national technicians, to who he proposed his revolutionary project of planting national cocoa of a fine aroma in the chosen lands.

A man of challenge, who was taught to set goals considered impossible to others, ignored the comments about his "madness". In 2010 he drew up a plan of action that involved some scientific agriculture professionals and young technicians to entrust the study of soil, electrical conductivity, availability and suitability of nutrients, etc. Meanwhile he established agreements with the INIAP to guarantee the delivery of certified seeds with which he'll initiate the modern plantation and create his own nurseries.